Events

Upcoming Events

26 April 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

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TMR Book Club Discusses “The Hidden Light of Objects”

We will meet to discuss "The Hidden Light of Objects" by Mai Al-Nakib online on Sunday, April 26 at ...

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31 May 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

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TMR Book Club Discusses “The Man of Middling Height” by Fadi Zaghmout

We will meet to discuss The Man of Middling Height by Fadi Zaghmout, translated by Wasan Abdelhaq on Sunday, May ...

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28 June 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

Online

TMR Book Club Discusses “Gates of Paradise” by Taleb Alrefai

We will meet to discuss Gates of Paradise by Taleb Alrefai, translated by Kay Heikkinen on Sunday, June 28 ...

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Past events

TMR Conversations: Resistance in the Face of Annihilation

Layla Maghribi interviews Palestinian filmmakers Hind Shoufani and Saeed Taji Farouky on activism and art in Palestinian filmmaking today and on the role of Palestinian artists in the resistance movement.

22 February 2024 • 19:00 - 20:00

TMR Conversations: Anna Lekas Miller on “Love Across Borders” with Lina Mounzer

For TMR’s February issue, LSD (for Love, Sex, Desire), Anna Lekas Miller will be in discussion with writer and TMR Senior Editor Lina Mounzer on her latest book, "Love Across Borders."

15 February 2024 • 17:30 - 18:30

TMR Book Club Discusses “Traces of Enayat” with Iman Mersal

The Markaz Book Club reads Iman Mersal's novel "Traces of Enayat" and meets the author Sunday, Jan. 28 at 1 pm Eastern/19:00 CET.

28 January 2024 • 19:00 - 20:00

Aliyeh Ataei, Écrivaine Afghane-Iranienne, Présente Son Livre d’Essais au Grain des Mots

L'écrivaine aghane-iranienne Aliyeh Ataei présente "La frontière des oubliés" de chez Gallimard au Grain des Mots.

7 December 2023 • 19:00 - 20:00

TMR Book Club Discusses “Palestine +100: stories from a century after the Nakba” with Special Guests

We will meet to discuss "Palestine +100: stories from a century after the Nakba" with host Rana Asfour and special guest speakers Basma Ghalayini and Selma Dabbagh on Sunday, Nov. 26 at 1pm EST/ 7pm EST/ 6pm UK.

26 November 2023 • 19:00 - 20:00

Avi Shlaim on His Memoir Three Worlds and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Markaz Review presents an interview with Oxford historian and author Avi Shlaim, with guest interviewer Layla Magrhibi, on Shlaim's memoir and the war in Gaza.

14 November 2023 • 19:00 - 20:00

TMR 35 Public Intellectual Roundtable Discussion

Join us on November 1st, 2023 for a roundtable conversation, moderated by TMR senior editor Lina Mounzer, with writers Hisham Bustani and Moustafa Bayoumi, on public intellectuals and their engagement with politics, justice and conflict in these catastrophic times.

1 November 2023 • 13:00 - 14:00

TMR Book Club Discusses Khaled Khalifa’s “No One Prayed Over Their Graves”

Book club members discuss the late Khaled Khalifa's latest novel in English (all welcome).

29 October 2023 • 14:00 - 15:00
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